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Basketball Jones
A Novel
by 
E. Lynn Harris
  
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Subject(s):  Fiction
Language(s):  English
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File size:   1848 KB
ISBN:   9780385529259
Release date:   Jan 27, 2009

Description

E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he's back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists--a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail.

Aldridge James "AJ" Richardson is living the good life. He has a gorgeous town house in always-flavorful New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles from jet-setting around the country on a whim, and an MBA--but he's never had to work a regular job. He owes it all to his longtime lover, Dray Jones. Dray Jones the rich and famous NBA star. They fell in love in college when AJ was hired to tutor Dray, a freshman on the basketball team. But Dray knew if he wanted to make it to the big time, he must juggle his public image and his private desires. Built on a deep, abiding love, their hidden relationship sustains them both, but when Dray's teammates begin to ask insinuating questions about AJ, Dray puts their doubts to rest by marrying Judi, a beautiful and ambitious woman. Judi knows nothing about Dray's "other life." Or does she?
In Basketball Jones, E. Lynn Harris explores the consequences of loving someone who is forced to conform to the rules society demands its public heroes follow. Filled with nonstop twists and turns, it will keep readers riveted from the first page to the last.

Reviews

Seattle Post-Intelligencer...

"There's nothing like a little love triangle. . . . Steamy."

 
The Philadelphia Inquirer...
"Harris's books are hot, in more ways than one."
 
USA Today ...
"Harris is a great storyteller who knows how to tug on the heartstrings with wit and sensitivity."
 
People ...
"Keeps the sex, scandal and drama churning."
 
Seattle Weekly ...
"[Harris's] prose is clean and engaging, the characters compelling, and the plot fast and twisted."
 
Insight News...
"Slam-dunk entertainment. . . . A big score for novel lovers."
 
The Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)...
"A story of intrigue. . . . We come to understand why, even in our enlightened time, a pro athlete cannot feel that being openly gay is an option."
 
Urban Reviews ...
"Scandalously entertaining. . . . A look into the glitz and glamour of the NBA."
 
Bleu magazine ...
"In true E. Lynn fashion, there's betrayal, deceit, secrets and of course, sex; all leading to a high-impact denouement."
 
GBM News ...
"Harris . . . create[s] characters that remind us of someone we know. . . . Titillating."
 
Bookreporter ...
"Since his first novel . . . Harris has challenged and delighted his readers with juicy stories of love, betrayal and the lives of beautiful people. . . . Fast-paced, funny [and] hip."
 

About the Author

E. LYNN HARRIS is the author of ten previous novels and the memoir What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. His recent novels Just Too Good to be True, I Say a Little Prayer, A Love of My Own, and Any Way the Wind Blows hit the bestseller lists in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other publications. Harris divides his time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Fayetteville,...

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